اِرْتَثَثْنَا رِثَّةَ القَوْمِ

We collected, (T, S, M,) or bought, (M,) the paltry, mean, or vile, chattels, or articles of furniture, of the people, or party, (T, S, M,) consisting of old and worn-out garments or pieces of cloth. (S, M.)

[Hence,] اُرْتُثَّ (of the pass. form, S, K) (tropical:) He (a man) was carried off from the field of battle wounded (S, A, K) so as to be rendered weak, (A,) retaining remains of life: (S, K:) from رِثَّةٌ as meaning the “ weak ” of mankind, who are likened to the paltry, mean, or vile, chattels, or articles of furniture, termed رِثَّةٌ: (A:) or he, being smitten in battle, and wounded so as to be rendered weak, was carried off, retaining remains of life, and then died: (T:) or he (a wounded man) was carried off from the field of battle retaining remains of life; because, in that case, he is weak, or is thrown down like the chattels, or articles of furniture, termed رِثَّةٌ. (Mgh.) And مَرَّبَيْنَهُمْ فَارْتَثَّهُمْ (tropical:) [He passed amid them, and carried them off from the field of battle wounded so as to be rendered weak, but retaining remains of life]. (A.)

[Hence also,] اِرْتَثَّ (assumed tropical:) He slaughtered a she-camel belonging to him, (T, K,) or a sheep or goat, or the like, (T,) by reason of [its] emaciation. (T, K.)